by Staff and wire reports, USA TODAY

by Staff and wire reports, USA TODAY

Texas A&M freshman wide receiver Thomas Johnson has been found safe in Dallas after being missing from campus since Monday.

His mother, Linda Hanks, says A&M University police called her early Thursday to say the 18-year-old has been found unharmed.

"We are pleased and relieved to find T.J.," Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said in a statement released by the school. "Our foremost concern is for the health and well being of T.J. I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers and efforts in locating him."

The Texas A&M University Police Department confirmed its investigators traveled to Dallas on Wednesday. They were helped by Dallas Police Department and the Texas Rangers in the search for Johnson, who was found at approximately 2:30 a.m. Thursday.

On Wednesday, police said that Johnson was last seen leaving his College Station residence around 5 p.m. Monday.

Hanks told WFAA-TV she had traveled from Dallas to College Station as authorities searched for her son. Meanwhile, Johnson turned up 180 miles to the north, in Dallas.

Hanks says Johnson has not contacted her since his disappearance and that she had no other information.

Johnson has appeared in 10 games this season and has 30 catches for 339 yards and a touchdown.